The What Ifs

See, I got all the right questions And you've got all the wrong answers And I got all of the sadness And you end up with all the laughter I play by the rules and I treat you right But you get the last laugh every time Now, tell me baby do that sound right? Sound right, sound right I can't blame it on love, no Cause common sense, it plays its part I can't blame it on you, no Cause you dont rule my heart Can't blame it on her, yeah She can't be that smart Messin' with you She gon get a broken heart So what if? What if? What if? See every time I try to leave You think of new reasons of why I should stay And every time I tell you, No I can't believe you still get mad Cause I won't give you your way And it dont hurt no more When I see you with that other bitch Lately you cry and I dont know why And I can't understand this shit I can't blame it on love, no Cause common sense, it plays its part I can't blame it on you, no Cause you dont rule my heart Can't blame it on her, yeah She can't be that smart Messin' with you She gon get a broken heart So what if? What if? What if? What if things could change? And what if you werent estranged Tellin' me no more Cause what I know of you Is you're walkin' out the front door And what if things were different? And what if you paid your share of the rent? And what if you was the nigger That I fell in love with What if? What if? What if? What if things could change? And what if you werent estranged Tellin' me no more Cause what I know of you Is you're walkin' out the front door And what if things were different? And what if you paid your share of the rent? And what if you was the nigger That I fell in love with Waitin' on the day When I can look at you and know what I see Waitin' on the day When I can figure out why you fucks with me Im waitin' on the damn day When I can force myself to leave And Im waitin' on the day When I dont have to ask, Why? What if things could change? And what if you werent estranged Tellin' me no more Cause what I know of you Is you're walkin' out the front door And what if things were different? And what if you paid your share of the rent? And what if you was the nigger That I fell in love with